Rick Grimes and 'family' team up with man-eating Terminus gang as Walking Dead trailer airs at Comic-Con... where Chandler Riggs enjoys a 'bite'
of chocolate pudding

The Walking Dead conference at Comic Con International brought out many of the show's stars and started with, wouldn't you know it, a friendly breakfast.

Daring Chandler Riggs, 15, who plays Rick's son Carl, held up a huge gallon can of chocolate pudding and proceeded to dig right in, just like his character did last season.

Then the fans who thronged to the annual event in San Diego, California on Friday were treated to the first viewing of the season five trailer ahead of the show's October 12 premiere.

As loyal watchers of the AMC hit series know, season four ended with Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and his fellow survivors getting captured by the cannibalistic gang at Terminus.

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Walking Dead returns: Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and his fellow survivors join the cannibals of Terminus to find a zombie cure in the new season five trailer debuted at Comic Con in San Diego on Friday

The new trailer shows Rick and company teaming up with them because Eugene Porter (Josh McDermitt) knows how the plague happened and thinks he can stop it and kill zombies to make life safe for humans again.

Eugene is convinced that a U.S. government faction is still operating in Washington D.C., and AMC's new sneak peek shows the differing bands of survivors joining forces and heading to the capital - and fighting zombies on the way.

The action-packed trailer begins with Rick repeating the words he spat out at the end of the season four finale: 'They're screwing with the wrong people' before the camera cuts to an agreeing Daryl (Norman Reedus).

More pudding: Chandler Riggs, who plays Rick's son Carl in Walking Dead, dug into a can of chocolate pudding at Comic Con that looked just like the one his character enjoyed in last season's episode nine

Dire straits: Things don't look too good for Rick and his 'family' as the trailer opens with them bound and gagged by cannibal scientist Eugene

'Nothing was personal': Eugene (Josh McDermitt) gives the prisoners the option to join him in his trek to Washington D.C. to find a cure to wipe out the zombies for good

'I hope you understand that we didn't want to hurt you,' scientist Eugene Porter (Josh McDermitt) is heard saying in voiceover, alluding to the banquet being prepared where Rick and his friends were to become the feast.

'Nothing was personal,' Eugene eerily tells a bound and gagged Rick, as scenes replay the group storming the Terminus.

'You don't have to do this,' Tyreese (Chad L. Coleman) desperately tells Eugene. 'We can put the world back to what it was. We have a man, he has a cure, we just have to get him back to Washington. You just have to take a chance.'

Scary creatures: The zombies or 'walkers' wait amidst the lush vegetation for their prey

Battle: Daryl (Norman Reedus) keeps his crossbow close as the menacing dead descend

Take that: Rick and his followers know just what to do to fight zombies... blast them with pummeling water from a fireman's hose

'You don't have a choice, all of you,' Eugene slowly tells Rick and comrades. 'You join us and you go to Washington to cure this thing.'

The following scenes show Rick and his band of followers making their way through the forests towards the capital.

'We get to start over, all of us, we're not splitting up again,' Daryl is heard saying in voiceover, as the camera pans to the crossbow-armed character keeping a watchful eye on surrounding greenery.

Staying close together: Rick leads the way with weapon in hand as Daryl says, 'We get to start over, all of us, we're not splitting up again'

Gang's all here: The cast of Walking Dead were a welcomed sight at Friday's Comic Con and the exciting day began with breakfast before continuing on to photo-taking and a panel discussion about the show

Got pudding? Chandler Riggs proved he's not that sick of chocolate pudding as he spooned up a big mouthful at Comic Con; he had to eat a lot of it for a scene in season four of Walking Dead

Passed the test: The plucky 15-year-old actor gave the chocolate pudding the thumbs up

Not camera shy: Norman Reedus didn't bring Daryl's crossbow but he did sport a high-tech camera on the way to Comic Con's breakfast

Rick and Abraham have a loud disagreement at one point with the latter shouting, 'You don't know what's at stake!'

'No matter what anyone says, no matter what you think, you are not safe,' Rick is seen telling his son Carl in what appears to be chapel.

The trailer features plenty of gore, gunfighting and explosions, and lunging and very hungry 'biters' of course.

In good company: Cast and the show's writers and producers gathered for a group picture; executive producer Gale Anne Hurd, front row, second from left, promised 'some big leaps with the characters and the set pieces' in season five